In this alumni blog we catch up with previous Department of Mathematics student, Joshua Hawkhead. What is your name, where are you from? Joshua Hawkhead. Originally from Barnsley, now living in Wakefield. When did you graduate from the University? 2011 Can you tell us about what you studied at the University of Manchester? BSc (hons)…
In this episode of The Buzz, we round up all the COVID-19 news from across the Faculty of Science and Engineering and take a closer look at how our very own scientists and engineers are helping.
Hackathons can form an important part of a computer science student’s life at The University of Manchester. They are large scale social events which allow students to flex their coding muscles. Lockdown may have cancelled many such events, but our students weren’t about to let that get in the way. We spoke to Carmen Faura…
Discover how Fashion Buying and Merchandising graduate Rachel Cox benefitted from the Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) initiative.
In this historical feature we explore Maurice Priestley (1933-2013) and his influential work. Professor Maurice Priestley, was a highly regarded figure in the field of time series analysis. He made outstanding contributions to the spectral analysis of non-stationary time series and density estimation. His book “Spectral Analysis and Time Series” (1982) has become a standard…
In this historical feature we explore Phyllis Nicolson (1917-1968) and her influential work. Phyllis Nicolson (née Lockett), most well-known for her work on the Crank-Nicolson method, received her BSc (1938), MSc (1939) and PhD (1946) in Physics from the University of Manchester before taking up a research fellowship at Cambridge University for three years. After…
Obuks Ejohwomu is a lecturer in Project Management here in MACE, and is also the Director of our MSc in Commercial Project Management. He was recently called upon to help Manchester City Council to coordinate and test thousands of pieces Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for key workers in the city.
When Albert Einstein came to the UK to speak about his Theory of Relativity, he chose The University of Manchester. Discover the story behind the lecture.
We caught up with CNC technician Chris to hear more about why 3D printing is so important, and about how he has been involved in making PPE for NHS workers during the Covid-19 crisis.
Researchers at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology are working on a test for COVID-19 that can be used at home and provides results in 20 minutes.
